New DCFS director sets out to reverse many years of failures at child welfare agency
At a hearing Thursday, new Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Heidi Mueller was asked to explain why some kids in the system are being held in psychiatric hospitals longer than medically necessary. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports. New Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Heidi Mueller has been tasked with reversing decades of failures at the agency. She was asked to explain why some kids are being held in psychiatric hospitals longer than medically necessary. Mueller aims to reverse these issues in the future, setting out to reverse the past failures at DCFS.
Published : a month ago by CBS Chicago in General
New DCFS director sets out to reverse many years of failures at child welfare agency At a hearing Thursday, new Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Heidi Mueller was asked to explain why some kids in the system are being held in psychiatric hospitals longer than medically necessary. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.